sebi:VSS/AO-194/2009
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Facts / Headnote
Penalty imposed on Noticee for violation of regulations 13(3) and 13(5) of PIT Regulations
Provisions invoked
- s. 15A
- s. 15
- s. 15J
Regulations
- Reg. 13
- Reg. 13(3)
- Reg. 13(6)
Parties
- Noticee (Mr. Tushar Shah)
Holding
The Noticee violated regulations 13(3) read with 13(5) of the PIT Regulations by failing to disclose the change in shareholding exceeding 2% of ICL, and a monetary penalty of Rs.5,00,000/- was imposed under section 15A(b) of the SEBI Act.
Full text
Page 2 of 10 of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as “SEBI Act”). APPOINTMENT OF ADJUDICATING OFFICER
Page 3 of 10 hearing on December 18, 2008 at SEBI, Head Office, Mumbai vide notice dated November 18, 2008. Vide letter dated December 15, 2008, the Noticee sought an extension. Second opportunity of hearing was given to the Noticee to appear on February 13, 2009 vide letter dated January 29, 2009. Mr. Deepak Shah, Authorized Representative of the Noticee (hereinafter referred to as “AR”) appeared. During the personal hearing, the AR made the following submissions: Mr. Tushar Shah was having a Private Limited Company. Innovision eCommerce Limited (ICL) purchased the business of this Private Limited Company. As a part consideration of this purchase, a sum of approximately Rs.10,00,000/- was due. As a security, Mr. Akshay Sanghavi, the then Managing Director of ICL, gave 1,12,50,000 shares belonging to him to Mr. Shah. Subsequently, Mr. Sanghavi issued post- dated cheques for the said amount from his Private Limited Company and in turn advised Mr. Sanghavi to return the shares. Mr. Shah signed the DIS and gave in to Mr. Sanghavi. Mr. Sanghavi in turn put the name of Nyalchand Finance as the transferee and accordingly the shares were transferred from Mr. Shah’s account to Nyalchand Finance’s account. There was no other relationship between Mr. Shah and Nyalchand Finance.
Page 4 of 10 Regarding MCD E-Commerce Ltd. (Manipal Control Data E-Commerce Limited) it is clarified that it was not Mr. Tushar Shah’s private limited company but a company owned by the Pai family of Manipal that was acquired by ICL. Please note that these blank cheques were signed by me as a director of a public limited company CSV Ltd. Mr. Shah himself was a founding director of that company CSV Ltd. The cheques were not issued from “from my private limited company’ but from a public limited company CSV Ltd. A public limited company (in which Mr. Shah was also a director) can not issue cheques as compensation for the transfer of another companies shares owned by Mr. Shah and which have nothing to do with the public limited company. These blank cheques were signed by me and were in possession of Mr. Tushar Shah were issued for CSV Ltd’s internal work. They have nothing to do with ICL or any ICL matter.
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